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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
is it a conspiracy to make me nuts? 
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Probably both!
I wear rigid gas permeable contact lenses, and the cleaning and lubricating solutions I use are usually priced the same, at anywhere from $11 or $12 per bottle (grocery and drug stores mostly) to $8 per bottle (Target, Wal-Mart, etc.) Last week I went to get some at target because they were on sale, and was informed by the shelf tags that the lubricant was $6.50 per bottle, while the cleaner was priced at 2 bottles for $13!
I can't explain bilingual street signs (I'm all for accomodating folks, but IMO the driver's license test should be geared to exactly the signs and warnings that are out there, and if you can't read them for whatever reason, you shouldn't pass. I was appalled when I got my license in NC and it said that for those who didn't know how to read, a second person would be allowed to come to the writted test and read the questions.). But when it comes ot actual merchandise, it's just marketing & business. The grocery store near me now carries Spanish magazines. The carry them because they think their customers will buy them, the same reason they carry cookies & cream ice cream and orange juice for $3.98 a carton.